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TX SB1503
Bill
Status
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Paul Bettencourt
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AI Summary
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Requires petitions to expand an emergency services district into municipal territory to identify each municipality whose consent must be obtained
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Mandates that territory within a municipality's limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction cannot be annexed into an emergency services district without the municipality's written consent within 60 days of receiving the request
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Allows residents to petition the municipality for fire control and emergency medical services if the municipality denies annexation consent; if the municipality fails to act on this petition within six months, it constitutes automatic consent for annexation
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Applies the same consent requirements to territory designated as industrial districts under Local Government Code Section 42.044
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Exempts unincorporated areas in counties with populations of 3.3 million or more from these municipal consent requirements, and takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the expansion of the territory of an emergency services district into the territory of a municipality.
Health
Last Action
Referred to Local Government
3/6/2025